Major, 50, of Detroit, had been held at the Erie County jail since November 2007 when he turned himself in on the warrants. He claimed he was unaware of the warrants until he was pulled over in a routine traffic stop earlier that year.

Tone said prosecutors did not pursue having Major arrested on the charges from 1997 to 2006, calling that period an "extraordinary delay."

"My son does not deserve this," Dorothy said. "Erie County did not do their work. It's like this never even happened. That's how the court's looking at it."

Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter was untruthful, leading the family to believe the case was being actively pursued when it wasn't, Dorothy said.

Baxter denies that allegation.

"They never talked to me until (Major) was apprehended," he said.

According to Tone's ruling, there were no active warrants on file in Erie County for Major when he was released from federal prison in 1997.

"I sympathize with the Clark family," Baxter said. "I can understand them being upset at the system. I'm mad at the system."

Baxter stood by previous statements that Tone's ruling was unjust.

"I think this decision is very wrong," he said.

Dorothy said she will do anything possible to see justice.

"I hope each one of them has a conscience," she said. "It's time to roll up my sleeves and box because they're not doing it."

Corey has two teenage children, Michael, 16, and Kedeshia, 14. But he can't take care of himself -- let alone them.

After the attack Corey underwent 28 surgeries with 3,000 stitches crisscrossing his skin. He has brain damage resulting from being stabbed in the neck, Richardson said.

Before that he enjoyed playing basketball and was a loving father and son, his mother said.